1 Elijah, who was from Tishbe but had settled in Gilead, said to Ahab, “I solemnly swear, as the Lord God of Israel whom I serve lives, there will be no dew or rain during the next few years unless I say so.”
2 Then the Lord spoke his word to Elijah:
3 “Leave here, turn east, and hide beside the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River.
4 You can drink from the stream, and I’ve commanded ravens to feed you there.”
5 Elijah left and did what the word of the Lord ⌊had told him⌋. He went to live by the Cherith River, which is east of the Jordan River.
6 Ravens brought him bread and meat in the morning and in the evening. And he drank from the stream.
7 But after some time the stream dried up because no rain had fallen in the land.